Stove-top-supporting device.



J. E. KENNEDY. STOVE TOP SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED sm T.15, 191s.

` 1,092,916. l Patented Apr.14,1914.

JAMES E. KENNEDY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

STOVE-TOP-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted Apr, 14, 1914,

Application filed September 15, 1913. Serial No. 789,865.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES E. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington., in the District of Columbia, havie invented new and useful Improvements in Stove-Top-Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to stoves, and has for an object to provide a device for connecting stove topsto stoves and ranges and supporting the same thereon.

The invention embodies, among other features, the provision of a simple and eiiicient device for use in connecting and adjustably supporting' stove tops upon ranges and stoves so that the tops can be readily applied to stoves and ranges of different sizes.

A large number of stoves and ranges have the tops thereof removable from the body of the stove or range and when itis desired to equip the stove or range with a new top or apply a particular kind of stove top thereto, it has been usually necessary to cast or form the stove top in accordance with the particular size of the stove or range, thus involving a large expenditure of money inasmuch as the stove top must be cast or formed of a particular size and of dimensions which will permit of properly placing the same upon the stove or range.

My invention contemplates means whereby a top of standard size can be applied to any kind of stove or gas range and adjusted thereon so that, particularly in the case of gas stoves, the grids carried by the top will properly register with the burners arranged on the stove or range.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a stove top showing my device thereon, F ig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the manner of applying the top to the stove; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the adjusting bar; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the top of the stove, showing the manner of supporting the same on the usual stove legs.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a stove body 10 and a stove top 11 adapted for connection with the stove body 10. The stove top 10 at each corner and on the under side thereof has integrally cast therewith a socket 12 provided with a longitudinal slot 13 preferably open at one end and a slotted adjusting rod 14 is preferably provided at one end with a squared opening 15, through which extends a bolt 16 including a squared shank 17, with the squared shank extending through and movable in the slot 13 of the socket 12, the said squared shank being also adapted to extend through the squared opening' 15 in the rod 14, as shown. The threaded end of the bolt 16 is adapted to receive a nut 18 and the extremity of the threaded end is adapted to normally repose upon the upper face 19 of the stove body 10.

A bolt 20, including a squared shank 21 and similar in every respect to the bolt 16, passe-s through the slot of the adjusting rod 14 .and is adapted to extend through an opening 22 formed in the upper face 19 of the stove body 10, a nut 23 being received on the threaded end of the bolt, and which lies within the stove as shown, thus through the medium of the slotted rod 14 connecting the top 11 with the stove body 10 so that prior to screwing up the nut 18 on the bolt 15 and screwing up the nut 23 on the bolt 20, the top can be adjusted on the stove body so that the usual openings and grids of the top will register with the usual burners of the stove.

It will be understood that I preferably employ one of my devices at each corner of the stove top 11, thus insuring an adjustable connect-ion at each corner of the stove body 10, and it will be apparent that with a construction of the character described, the stove top 11 can be adjusted horizontally on the stove body 10` either lengthwise, crosswise or diagonally to the stove body, these adjustments being accomplished by having the slot 13 in the socket 12 and the longitudinal slot in the rod 14 and through which the bolts 16 and 20 respectively extend.

In Fig. 4 I disclose a method for using the top 11 in connection with the usual stove legs 24 and wherein it lwill be seen that a bolt 25 carrying a nut 2G is passed through the slot 13 of the socket 12 and through a slot 27 formed in the upper end of the stove legs 24, the nut 26 being screwed up on the bolt to rigidly secure the stove legs in position to support the top as shown, it being understood that the top is adapted for use in this manner when employed in connection with gas stoves of the two burner type and which are supported on short legs and adapted to stand upon a table or upon another stove.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construction disclosed in the. drawings; that various departures may be made from the views without departing from the spirit ofthe Vinvention and that the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In combination with a stove top for a stove body, a slotted socket carried by the stove top, a slotted adjusting rod, a bolt having a squared shank extending through the slot of the socket and through a squared opening in one end oitI the'adjusting rod, and a second bolt having a. squared shank extending through the slot of the adjusting Irod, with the said second bolt passing through the top of the said stove body to adjustably supportI t-he stove top on the stove body.

2. In combination with a stove top for a stove body, a slotted socket on the stove top,

an adjusting rod, means slidable on the adv body, means orconnection with the stove Y body and having sliding engagement with the said rod, and means *connected with the said rod and having sliding connection with the stove topfor adjustably supportinggthe stove top on the stove body.

4f. In combination Wit-h a. stoveV top for a stove body, means havingV one end thereof for sliding engagement with the stove top and the'other end thereof for sliding engagement with the stove body for adj ustably support-ing the stove top thereon.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.LIMES E. KENNEDY. y lN/Titnesses:

IVM. BAGGER, H. HOUGH.

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Washington, ID. C. 

